Easy Fluffy Slime Recipe Without Borax Powder (5 Minute Recipe!)

Kids love fluffy slime because it’s so fun to squish and stretch but also light and airy as a cloud! Learn how to make fluffy slime with saline solution so quickly you won’t believe it! This is such a simple fluffy slime with glue and shaving foam. I can’t wait to add this fluffy slime to our list of best homemade slime recipes!

THE BEST FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE!

WHAT INGREDIENTS DO YOU USE FOR MAKING FLUFFY SLIME?

I get this question all the time! The best fluffy slime starts with the right ingredients and those are

PVA school glue

Saline solution

Baking Soda

Foam shaving cream (see more about these ingredients below).

Watch the slime video and see for yourself how easy it is to make slime!

I use to think making slime was an impossible activity with wasted time and effort and a disappointed kid. Plus, it’s a recipe, and I don’t like to follow recipes! However, our recipes for making slime are really easy to follow. You can get the ingredients on your next shopping trip.

No more having to print out a WHOLE blog post for just one recipe!

Get our basic slime recipes in an easy to print format so you can knock out the activities!

IS FLUFFY SLIME BORAX FREE?

I have also been asked how to make fluffy slime without borax, and technically this fluffy slime recipe does not useborax powder which is often used for the traditional borax slime recipe shown in chemistry demonstrations.

However, this slime uses saline solution. The right saline solution will contain sodium borate and boric acid. These two ingredients are also members of the boron family just as the borax powder is.

We made three batches each in a different color. Although I used the neon food coloring pack, I ended up with very pretty pastel colors due to all of the white shaving cream.

It doesn’t take a whole lot of ingredients to make all of this slime if you can believe it! The slime whips up in just a few minutes!

Fluffy slime is pretty inexpensive to make if you want to do something extra special for your next slime, sensory, or science activity. You can check out how we used dollar store ingredients too!

BEST FLUFFY SLIME FOR KIDS!

We don’t like a sticky slime that really sticks and goops up the hands. Our slimes are a little thicker but still totally stretchy and fun. Make sure to check out our super stretchy slime while you are at it!

Once we made our first batch of fluffy slime we were hooked and like any good slime making scientist, we wanted to repeat the fluffy slime recipe to double check our measurements.

We made two more batches that turned out perfect and made a beautiful bowl of fluffy slime that my son couldn’t wait to get his hands on! I love how they mixed together and made a gorgeous swirl of colors.

Now for the past year, we have been using this same exact fluffy slime recipe with saline solution to make all our themed fluffy slimes!

HOW TO MAKE THIS FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE

NEW! Watch us make this fluffy slime recipe from start to finish!

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FLUFFY SLIME SCIENCE!

We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here! Slime is an excellent chemistry demonstration and kids love it too! Mixtures, substances, polymers, cross-linking, states of matter, elasticity, and viscosity are just a few of the science concepts that can be explored with homemade slime!

What’s slime science all about? The borate ions in the slime activators (sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid) mix with the PVA (polyvinyl acetate) glue and forms this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross-linking!

The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules with flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state. Until…

You add the borate ions to the mixture, and it then starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and thicker and rubberier like slime! Slime is a polymer.

Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms, the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!

Is slime a liquid or solid?

We call it a Non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both! Experiment with making the slime more or less viscous with varying amounts of foam beads. Can you change the density?

What does shaving cream do?

Now, what do you think adding the shaving cream does for our fluffy slime? What happens to the shaving cream as it comes out of the can? Air is pushed into the liquid creating a foam. The air in the foam is what gives our shaving cream slime its fluff!

What happens when the air leaves the foam eventually? It leaves our slime too! However, the slime is still a lot of fun to play with even without the extra fluff.

Did you know that slime aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?

It does and you can use slime making to explore states of matter and its interactions. Find out more below…

The volume produced from the shaving cream in the fluffy slime creates such a cool texture, like a cloud. Plus it doesn’t smell too bad either!

Check out the photo story of our saline solution fluffy slime below, and you can see the fun he is having with our new fluffy slime recipe.

Homemade fluffy slime is a truly satisfying sensory experience!

WHIPPING UP YOUR FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE

*SLIME SAFETY: Slime is a chemistry experiment and should be treated with respect. Do not substitute slime ingredients and do not change our recipes. If you have sensitive skin, consider wearing disposable gloves or trying a taste safe recipe instead. Please read more slime safety here…*

I definitely like to call this whipping up slime because of how fluffy it is!

Measure 3-4 heaping cups of shaving cream into a bowl. You can also experiment with using less shaving cream for different textures!

Add color! We used neon food coloring, but there are so many choices!

Next, add a 1/2 cup of glue to the shaving cream and mix.

Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda and mix.

Add 1 tablespoon of the saline solution to the mixture and start whipping!

Once you get the mixture thoroughly whipped and incorporated, you can pull it out with your hands!

TIP: Before removing the slime from the bowl, squirt a few drops of saline solution on your hands. The slime can be sticky to start. It can be kneaded in the bowl as well. Don’t add too much extra saline as the consistency gets less sticky with just good ole kneading. Adding to much saline solution can result in an over activated slime with a rubbery texture.

SUGGESTION: Repeat the fluffy slime recipe with different colors or enjoy the one batch! We made a giant batch of yellow fluffy slime the other day by tripling the recipe!

If you are wondering why your slime has failed, make sure to double check your ingredients and measurements.

HOW DO YOU STORE FLUFFY SLIME?

Sad to say but fluffy slime will not stay amazingly fluffy for a long time! However, even after the fluff has left the slime, it’s still an amazing and thick texture that is still a bit fluffy.

Slime lasts quite a while! I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. We use reusable containers in either plastic or glass. Make sure to keep your slime clean and it will last for several weeks. I love the deli-style containers I have listed in my recommended slime supplies list.

If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store or grocery store or even Amazon. For large groups, we have used condiment containers and labels as seen here.

MORE HELPFUL SLIME MAKING RESOURCES!

Everything you need to know about making slime is below! Did you know we also have fun with science activities too?

Hello, My daughter has bugged me to make slime. So being a single father I looked into it. Kinda by the seat of our pants I purchased Elmers glue contact solution an shaving cream. Those were our ingredients. 2- 7.65oz Elmers glue 1- 4oz contact solution 1/2 can Barbosal shaving cream (not gel) Mixed everything above In a large bowl. First added the glue then half a bottle of the solution an some shaving cream. As things mixed then proceed the add the rest of the solution an shaving cream. After about 20 min of mixing my daughter was able to remove slime from bowl an place on table. Then really began to kneed the slime. At this point it really begins to be fun. She loved it. Able to squeeze it, then quickly touching it the slime would come right off her hands. After an hour or so we stored in plastic container. Next morning had a few bubbles at top. Began to play with slime again no problems. No food coloring added or baking soda. Looks like white marshmallow fluff.

do you have a recommendation for a fragrance-free shaving cream? I tried the Barbasol, but the smell was so strong, so I switched to a lady shaving cream and it still is pretty strong. Any alternatives to shaving cream?

I am sorry I don’t know of or have heard of any alternatives to using shaving cream to achieve the fluffiness. If you just want to make slime with saline solution and baking soda, we have recipes for that instead!

I am 10 years old and I love slime! I was so exited to make some slime so I went out and took all day to buy the ingredients. I thought this recipe would be good but sadly it didn’t work, I am a bit disappointed

I tried to make this but it didn’t work… It was very liquid and wouldn’t form a ‘mass’. I’m not sure if it was the type of foam or glue that I was using that may have impacted on it but it just didn’t want to work! 🙁

First make sure you added the baking soda correctly. Also let’s check the ingredients of the saline solution. It should have sodium borate in it or a mix of sodium borate and boric acid. Feel free to email me with questions.

It is a PVA based glue. I am not familiar with a boric acid bottle and can not confirm that will work without having safely tried it myself. Although saline solution does have a percentage of boric acid/sodium borate in it, the ratio to other ingredients in the solution I am not sure with. Proceed with caution as we don’t recommend switching out ingredients.

we made this and it didn’t come out right. The shaving cream just kept being squeezed out as we kneaded and handled it…so our hands were always soaked with the shaving cream and we had a mass that felt like chewed gum covered with foam

The best piece of advice is to double check the ingredients. I just made a batch and it was super fun. Elmer’s washable glue, saline solution with sodium borate/boric acid, foam shaving cream, and baking soda!

I also wondered why you left it just sitting out.lol Yes, as Emily’s comment stated, you need to store in an air-tight container or ziplock bag. It should last a lot more than a day ! Good luck, and thanks for the many cool recipes and science fun facts !

My friend and I were very bored and decided to make slime. We went to the local dollar store and bought the indgredents needed. We put all the ingredients together and mixed thourghly. We added more of the solution but it ended up just being a big bowl or dyed shaving cream. This is by far one of the crapiest slime recipes I have ever attempted to do. I do not recommend this because it does not work!

My kids and I used this recipe, we bought everything identical to the ingredients list. It started out as a very gooey, sticky mess, but my daughter suggested using more saline solution. (She has watched a lot of videos on how to make fluffy slime) after adding about a tablespoon of saline, we had some pretty awesome, non sticking, fluffy slime. Even great grandma played with it! Thanks for the slime recipes!

You need something like saline solution, contact solution, or even eye drops to make the slime come together. The ingredients in the solutions are the slime activators like sodium borate and/or boric acid. Alternatively you can try our liquid starch or borax powder recipes. We purchased our solution at a local Target and it was target brand which made it quite affordable!

Double check the ingredients in your saline solution. There should be a combination of sodium borate and boric acid noted in the ingredient list. Did you use Elmer’s glue? Please feel free to email me at [email protected] for more assistance.

I used barbasol shaving cream, elmer’s glue-all multipurpose glue, cvs brand saline solution for sensitive eyes, bob’s red mill baking soda, and Wilton color performance gel food coloring. I mixed the ingredients in the order you said with the proportions you specified and it came out a blobby mess of shaving cream with some colored hard bits mixed throughout. I tried changing the order and played with the proportions; nothing’s working. Help!

There are several reasons why it may not work. Ingredients is crucial. Feel free to email me at [email protected]. You may find the liquid starch slime to be more suitable since their is not a variety of ingredients among brands.

This is NOT how you make fluffy slime….well first off you don’t add the shaving foam first you add the glue then the shaving foam then the coloring…second you don’t need that much shaving foam you only need as much shaving foam as you added glue because if you add that much it will become hard and not fun so if you dont understand Slime DONT MAKE IT AT ALL you are dumb and you need to learn how Slime works ba use if I followed this recipe it would make a rock!!!

At first I was going to simply delete this email because you are very rude. I have made this slime over and over again, and even sent the video off for a woman to recreate and she has had no problems with it. Please be kinder with your responses or refrain from leaving comments. I have many happy slime makers. I hoe you have a better day tomorrow.

Good for you for being the BIGGER person! And for answering everyone’s questions. I’ve noticed people repeating the same question over again, obviously not taking the time to read previous responses. You obviously work with children to have such patience! Unfortunately you’ll get that ONE person who just plain is mean! I’m excited to do this project with my preschoolers today! And like any experiment if it doesn’t come out ‘perfect’ the first time, try again! PEACE be with you!

We have now tried two of the recipes listed for slime. Neither recipe worked. We carefully followed the recipe and watched the video to make sure we were doing it correctly. So far I have 4 disappointed people.

Double check your saline solution ingredients! Different solutions have different ingredients. The one I listed has both boric acid/sodium borate. I randomly grabbed a substitute at the store the other day and it did not have the listed ingredients. Our liquid starch slime is also a very quick and easy recipe that won’t require you to find an alternative saline solution.

I tried making it but mine is sticky… Not sure what to add more of to help it not be one big mess when we play with it. I used Elmer’s glue and check the contact solution has both the things you say it needs in the ingredients list, any help would be appreciated.

If it’s too sticky, add more solution. You need to knead this slime very well and it will lose that stickiness with more kneading. Also you can add a fe drops of solution to your hands while you knead it!

One question, about how many cans of shaving cream did you use to get the total 3-4 cups?

We have a Target nearby we can hit up for supplies so I am eager to try this recipe using all the same ingredients. I’ll definitely report back!

I’ve used plenty of different slime recipes over my 14 year nanny career but I will say that in all cases, following the directions 100% is the key to success with slime, since you’re disrupting already formed polymer chains and then adding to them with your starch/substitute.

Loved this! I never made slime/foam before. I wanted to make something thicker than a “slime”. When i first mixed the ingredients, it was foamy, after playing with it awhile it became the perfect consistancy. Now my son and i are having equal fun with it. Thank you!

My 9 YO daughter and I made this today and it worked great! We forgot the baking soda at first and it was super sticky but got dryer when added. We got dollar store shave cream and used elmers glue and rite aid saline solution. Thanks for the recipe.

We made this today (three times actually- I have three kids and they each wanted their own). Worked perfectly every single time- it is awesome! They like this better than the clear slime, though that worked perfectly as well. 🙂 Just in case anyone needs Walmart ingredient suggestions, here’s what we used: Equate brand Regular shave foam (it’s a red, blue and white can) Equate Saline Solution for Sensitive Eyes Elmers washable, No run school glue

I am sorry to her that but we have many successful comments. You do need to read the instructions carefully and check the ingredients in your chosen saline solution. As a commenter stated above, it did not work the first time until he went back and read through the directions and checked out his solution to note it did not have the right ingredients in it. Let me know if you need more help.

Didnt work first time but read the whole site properly and this was the first site to tell me to read the ingrediants in the saline solution and it must contain Borax acid in some form. Tried again with a different solution and it worked excellent. Would say to any doubters to read fully the instructions and ingrediants.

You make slime look like such fun. Thank you for posting the photos, videos, and instructions. Something you might want to be aware of with the fluffy slime video, it looks like you did not add in glue, but the written instructions call for glue. Can you make it without the glue? Also, with the pretty blue glossy slime video (I’ve watched so many of the videos I can’t recall the exact slime name), the instructions in the video state you are using baking powder, but elsewhere, your instructions say baking soda. I would imagine it must be one or the other, not interchangeable, yes?

This is an amazing slime recipe! My kids are very happy and this is so easy. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. Anyone who uses this recipe and it doesn’t work, I would say that your contact solution probably doesn’t have the necessary ingredients. I had to look through quite a few contact solutions to find one with both necessary ingredients.

I am going to use your fluffy slime recipe with saline solution at my daughter’s birthday party, this weekend. I am going to set up stations for each child to make their own. What size containers should I buy for each child to take home, if I use your recipe exactly? If I choose little plastic containers with lids, what size should I order? And if I use Ziploc bags, will sandwich size be big enough? THANK YOU!

If you are going to have them each make a full serving size of the fluffy slime, I suggest a 24 oz plastic container with lid. Skip the zip lock bag. Have fun and email me directly [email protected] with any last minute questions.

I would say 5 batches to be on the safe side! I also like to use the condiment containers you can find in the dollar store or grocery store. Make sure you have the right saline solution if you haven’t already made a batch!

We want to make the non-toxic fluffy slime recipe, but we also want it to glow in dark. Do you recommend a glow in the dark food coloring??? Or can I add “gluminious glow in the dark powder”?, I found one non toxic on amazon. But since it’s not food coloring, it’s a powder, I’m not sure if I can mix it. Please let me know. Thanks

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